Today was a PHOC pickup hike led by Hubert. Our route took us on every hiking trail except The Northington Ferry trail. The photo above is a rapid known as Lanier Falls. The trail to the river is the Campbell Creek Loop Trail. It goes along the creek for a good distance. There are many American Hornbeam trees, large Loblollies, many American Holly trees and others.
Over to the other side of the park, we hiked the Little Creek Trail, American Beech Trail, Raven Rock Trail and finally the Fish Traps Trail. The massive staircase at Raven Rock is a neat engineering feat. It appears to be in good condition still. There is a massive Oak tree here that has Resurrection fern on every branch. The rock's overhang would shelter a great number of people in rainy weather.
This is the largest Native American structure I have seen in North Carolina. The fish traps were sealed at the downriver end with rocks, allowing the water to flow through but not the fish.
The Cape Fear River
No comments:
Post a Comment